Guest book » Guestbook part 01: April 1998 to September 1998

Great and lovely page. If you are not Beefheart you must be his son. Thanks for this labour!

Feet of dust under trees of rust.

Best site on the web! Essential lunacy.

My e-mail address changed so I’m posting again. No big deal. Great job Graham. I love it to death.

Captain Beefheart is one of the greatest geniuses in Rock and Roll. Trout Mask Replica is one of the true masterpieces of the latter 20th Century!

Great site…. our leader has placed a link to your planet from our planet please leave a message for us.. be abusive

2 years ago I was writing and illustrating for Sun Zoom Spark and Steal Softly Thru Snow mags. How times change…

A beautiful site to someone who truly deserves it! Brilliant job, Graham! Keep it up!

A superb site – jumped for joy when able to find the mp3 alternate take of Big Joan- My favourite song EVER .

A great romp through the twist and turns of the creative process …I give it two thumbs up!!!

This is a terrific site – congratulations! I, too, had my life changed (for the better) when I saw Beefheart and the Magic Band in about 1969-1970 in Pasadena, California, at a 99 cent concert promoted by a local radio station. Ry Cooder opened the show, followed by Little Feat (one of their first gigs), and then climaxed by the Magic Band. Don was in fine form, Howlin’ Wolf vocals and wild sax and harmonica outtakes. And I mean the band COOKED…a lot of the audience couldn’t quite grasp what they were about, but the next day I bought Trout Mask Replica (still have the original LP’s) and my life ain’t been the same since…When I get lonesome the wind begin t’ moan Fallin’ ditch ain’t gonna get my bones.

The Magic Band defined great music for me. I’ve been a fan since ’68. In twenty years I’ve rarely met anyone who had a clue about what geniuses Beefheart and his musicians were. The web has been great because it’s put me in touch with people who feel the way I do. Sites like this one and Justin Sherill’s classic make me feel at home. You know what I mean. When you’re asked for the zillionth time how can you listen to that stuff, you get tired of answering how can you not listen?. To most people, the music is moon to a flea. I saw the band in Staten Island just before the release of Clear Spot. Rockette Morton’s solo intro was ferocious. He played, I don’t know how long, before the Captain walked onstage very non-chalantly, screwed his horn together, and ripped into a howling rendition of (?) Hair Pie (?). It was a great night.

Great job! I would love to see a section devoted to Magic Band photos.

What a superb site – a real treasure for long time fans like me. Congratulations

This is a brilliant site! We’ve been Beefheart fans since 1968 and think this is a great tribute to the greatest musical genius to emerge from the 60s.

Hey, thanks for this fantastic Beefheart website. It’s the best I’ve ever seen; not only does it include all the major facts, but it’s filled with everything a fan needs! Thanks! Anthony

Where have you been all of my life ?

Graham, Finally checked out your site. Looks marvellous. May see you over the weekend. Ian

I have listened to a lot of Richard Strauss operas, but now I think it will be good idea to meet once again with Captain Beefheart’s LPs. Just now.

Beefheart rules

One of the best sites that I’ve yet encountered for just about anything or anybody! Very well done and complete. I’ve bookmarked it and will return! The Captain showed me how to eat with chopsticks back in 1969 when I saw him play in Cincy, OH. Amazing show.

Great site. I have recently rediscovered the joys of Beefheart. I first heard him play in London at the Albert Hall in, I guess, 1974. It was the best live gig I ever remember being at. Sublime stuff.

Darling worship tissue… giveth me scatter gun goose pimple and full body flush on a lawnchair in the fog…buttitz not healthy to scurry after n’gargle on someones skindust. Don wouldly concur. Make yer own milk and whistles.

This is a great web site for a truly amazing guy. I certainly hope everything’s going well for him.

All winged eels slither ‘long the heels of today’s children.

What would make my life complete? To be Don van Vliet for a day. Once I heard Electricity and Lick My Decals Off, I knew this was something special. That was back in the 60/70’s, I saw him live twice in Manchester, a true genius andalways my hero. GOD DIDN’T THINK TO ASK MY PREFERENCE

yub yub teacher

We need new ways. We need new ways.

the ingestion of beefheart is vegetarian. what is a beefheart? the eternal ponderance, while still a major life source for many milk producing flesh tearers, beefheart is not just menudo, it sends vital fluids to the extremities. its been bred, led and fed and now its between two slices of bread called your ears.

I think this site is informative, interesting, cool + of course, FAST & BULBOUS! I am a Beefheart/Zappa/Sonic fan & do a zine here called Chunky Yet Funky @ 82 Catherine Street, Leichhardt, NSW 2040 Aust. My name is Graham by the way. Contribute to the zine if you wish & I’ll send some copies… I just noticed that a line from ‘Ashtray Heart’ relates to that Christopher Reeve thing, turns supermen to invalids. Bye.

his luv stiks out like STAHZ!

EeeeLECTRICITY gives me the chills…DIRTY BLUE GENE thrills…THE CAPTAIN kills!!! (erm, in a positive way…or something)

i think i listen ’cause maybe i got a beef in my heart too

Captain Beefheart is cool! Excellent site. Probably my favourite recordings of his are, of course, Trout Mask Replica and Bongo Fury with Zappa. Please check out my site on Sparks, those crazy Mael brothers!

The black paper between a mirror breaks my heart that I can’t go….. …..Thank you very much Graham !

Hello, thanks for a brilliant page. Keep Captain never be forgotten, there is just one person who can write songs like Glider or Moonlight on Vermont. Beeforever…

Thanks for the great website from Beefheart fans of Georgia.

this is one of the finer site’s i’ve seen devoted to any person or subject. thanks especially for the attention paid to Vliet’s paintings.

This website is just too cool: good design & good substance!!

What a fine site, Graham. Thanks for taking such time with it.

Don is a man of true genius and if i could find a singer who could do even half of what he does i’d be in nirvana. If anyone wants to hear incredibly strange guitars…write.

TROPICAL HOTDOG NIGHT!! YES!!

truley intricate! a must know site for any beefheart fan.

Beefheart fan here, since 1969. Can’t be enough pages devoted to this man, his work, and the musicians who worked with him. Good job.

Thought I’d say hello. I’m the nut that put on the exhibition in England and eventually managed to get the documentary shown on TV

The Captain is one of my heroes. Anyone who listens to Clear Spot or Shiny Beast has to know he’s a genius. love ya buddy!

hello moon hello moon

I’m a great Captain Beefheart fan. And you got a great web-site. The captain is the greatest.

His excited eyes watered in anticipation at this thoughtful preparation…

This music is so inspiring — Thanks Don. Completely expands my sound-world. Guitarists/composers email me!

When I first heard CB I thought it was bullshit… but nowadays I can´t live without it!

Thank you Don for the joy you’re bringing me in listening to your poetry and music.

Best site yet!

Feel the soul of Beefheart. On a platter like a beefheart. Has no fear of what you think. He is True in a world of lies

My first exposure to the Cap was listening to Clear Spot which I still think is the most brilliant musical poetry I have ever heard.